“You really are such an unpleasant, annoying, disobedient brat.” She stood up, walked around to my side then put me in a headlock. “Damn brat, you’re lucky it’s your birthday and I don’t feel like doing a bunch of screening and interviews just for one free position that opened up.”
“It hurts! I give, I give. Let go already!” I tapped out, but the Owner didn’t release me.
“Stupid kid. Hah… Really… you’ve changed a lot in such a short time. You’ve gotten too cheeky.” She said softly as if speaking to herself.
The strength in the Owner’s arm around my neck eased up a bit, but she didn’t release me.
“Happy birthday, Ran. I’ll hire you since I’d be annoyed if my toy thinks it can say whatever it wants about me. From now on, you’ll be getting medical and dental benefits, but you’ll also be paying into employment insurance like the rest of us. Luckily for you though, you still won’t need to worry about taxes until after you graduate high school.”
“Can you please not hire me? I’d rather be a valued customer who can talk shit all day in front of your store.”
“Too bad, you’re hired~ Since you thought you could get rebellious with me, I’ll also need to add in a new task to your job description so you remember your place as my toy though.”
“Huh? A new… task?”
“Yes… it will be a special one just - for - you~ Heheh… look forward to it.” Her smile was scary and made me regret the fact that I’d ever gotten sassy with her.
I gulped nervously and asked, “Can you just tell me what it is exactly?”
“No - can - do~ I only just recently thought of it. It’s something a lot of companies do, but it’ll be a surprise specifically for my favorite toy. Consider it my birthday present to you. In the coming weeks, you will find out what your new task will be.”
“I haven't signed anything yet.”
“Oh, that’s right, thanks for reminding me.”
She leaned over her desk and pulled a bundle of papers out from one of her drawers. My face was squeezed up against the side of her bosom and I couldn’t escape.
She put the contract down in front of me and said, “Sign it.”
I tried to flip the page to read through it, but she kept her hand on top of it to prevent me from doing so.
“What are you doing? I want to read what I’m signing.”
“Hahaha, you wanted to give me lip, so forget about reading it. Sign it, or I’ll choke you out like this.”
“You can’t possibly expect to get away with this. This is obviously illegal, you can’t do this.”
“And who’s stopping me? Would anyone believe your story if you told them a weak little woman like me used force to make you sign it without reading it?”
“You brute, not even a devil forces people to sign a contract like this!”
“Then I’m worse than a devil. So what? Heheheheh. Sign it, brat.”
She grabbed my hand and stuffed a pen in it then dragged it over the dotted line to sign.
“I want a lawyer.”
“Who are you trying to fool, you don’t have the money for that.”
“I refuse to sign my life away like this!”
“Just sign it. Come on. It will feel better once you’ve signed it~”
“If I sign it, I’m going to be reduced to your toy to play with for the rest of my life. I can feel it. This is a shitty deal no matter how I look at it. I want to negotiate better terms.”
“Negotiate? We’re long past the point of negotiations. Sign it, or I’ll make your girlfriends take your place with what I planned for you.”
“Then please do that and let me off the hook. I can tell whatever you have planned for me will be a bad time.”
“Do you have no shame? You’d be willing to sacrifice your girlfriends rather than protect them? What kind of shitty scumbag man are you?”
“Man? Screw man or woman. I believe all are equal. I have no qualms about throwing my girlfriends under the bus at this juncture. They can surely take one for the team.”
“Heheh, truly, the scummiest of scum. It makes it so I especially want to dump this task on you. Now, sign - it~”
“Never!”
“Being difficult is only going to make things hurt more for you~”
The pressure on my neck intensified again and left me light-headed.
“This is child abuse.”
“It’s just some tough love for a misbehaving child.”
“I’ll seriously report you!”
“Oh, but you won’t.”
“What makes you so sure I won’t?”
“If this place shuts down then your girlfriends would be out of a job too. I’m sure that would be a major inconvenience. Also, if you thought you could go around as a valued customer running your mouth however you want without repercussions, what would happen if I take my frustrations out on your girlfriends in your place?”
“You’d really be that petty?” My eyes opened wide.
“Of course. So hurry up and sign the employment contract. The longer you take to sign it, the more conditions I might come up with to add in. Hmm, maybe I’ll add tasks such as massaging my shoulders and feet during your breaks to your job description.”
As soon as she brought that up, I immediately signed the employment contract without hesitation. I absolutely would not suffer such a dreadful addition to my workload.
“What? Awwwww~, why’d you have to go and sign it so quickly? You should have resisted a bit more so I would have had the time to add in the massaging my shoulders and feet clause I just thought of. You’re not cute at all~”
She only released me from her headlock after I’d caved in and signed it.
“Whatever is in it at present can’t possibly be worse than that. If the end result was me signing it anyway, it was best to cut my losses early and accept it. Damn it, I at least wanted to negotiate a pay raise.” I clenched my fist under the table in frustration. My pay would go down a bit now that I had to pay for the mandatory benefit plan the company offered in addition to employment insurance.
“Heheheh, you thought I wouldn’t anticipate that? As if I’d raise your hourly pay so easily.”
“Come on, cut me a break.”
“No way~”
“Haaaaah… can I at least read what’s in the contract now?”
“Nope. You’ll find out later. I won’t give you a copy right now either, that way you can’t ruin the surprise. I’ll only let you see it after a few weeks.”
“Is it at least, for the most part, the same as what all your other employees have signed?”
“Yes. It just has one extra task for you alone added in.”
“Well… if that’s the case, at least I know just about everything else I signed.”
“Alrighty~ interview over~ You can get your ass back out there and work for your beautiful~ Owner.”
Beautiful my ass. I’m not your slave!
“Oh? Did you have any complaints~ for your Owner?”
“No… not at all. You’re such a beauty after all, how could I possibly disagree with your evaluation when it’s a pre-established god-given fact.” My lips twitched uncontrollably as I was forced to say that after I’d signed the contract. I found myself back under the oppression of the Owner’s unreasonable whims and mood swings. My five minutes of freedom to say whatever I wanted to her while giving no shits about the repercussions were up.
“Hehe~ good, good. That’s the good boy I know~ if you get rebellious again, I might have to punish you for being a bad boy~ don’t forget that~”
“You really are such an unpleasant, annoying, disobedient brat.” She stood up, walked around to my side then put me in a headlock. “Damn brat, you’re lucky it’s your birthday and I don’t feel like doing a bunch of screening and interviews just for one free position that opened up.”
“It hurts! I give, I give. Let go already!” I tapped out, but the Owner didn’t release me.
“Stupid kid. Hah… Really… you’ve changed a lot in such a short time. You’ve gotten too cheeky.” She said softly as if speaking to herself.
The strength in the Owner’s arm around my neck eased up a bit, but she didn’t release me.
“Happy birthday, Ran. I’ll hire you since I’d be annoyed if my toy thinks it can say whatever it wants about me. From now on, you’ll be getting medical and dental benefits, but you’ll also be paying into employment insurance like the rest of us. Luckily for you though, you still won’t need to worry about taxes until after you graduate high school.”
“Can you please not hire me? I’d rather be a valued customer who can talk shit all day in front of your store.”
“Too bad, you’re hired~ Since you thought you could get rebellious with me, I’ll also need to add in a new task to your job description so you remember your place as my toy though.”
“Huh? A new… task?”
“Yes… it will be a special one just - for - you~ Heheh… look forward to it.” Her smile was scary and made me regret the fact that I’d ever gotten sassy with her.
I gulped nervously and asked, “Can you just tell me what it is exactly?”
“No - can - do~ I only just recently thought of it. It’s something a lot of companies do, but it’ll be a surprise specifically for my favorite toy. Consider it my birthday present to you. In the coming weeks, you will find out what your new task will be.”
“I haven't signed anything yet.”
“Oh, that’s right, thanks for reminding me.”
She leaned over her desk and pulled a bundle of papers out from one of her drawers. My face was squeezed up against the side of her bosom and I couldn’t escape.
She put the contract down in front of me and said, “Sign it.”
I tried to flip the page to read through it, but she kept her hand on top of it to prevent me from doing so.
“What are you doing? I want to read what I’m signing.”
“Hahaha, you wanted to give me lip, so forget about reading it. Sign it, or I’ll choke you out like this.”
“You can’t possibly expect to get away with this. This is obviously illegal, you can’t do this.”
“And who’s stopping me? Would anyone believe your story if you told them a weak little woman like me used force to make you sign it without reading it?”
“You brute, not even a devil forces people to sign a contract like this!”
“Then I’m worse than a devil. So what? Heheheheh. Sign it, brat.”
She grabbed my hand and stuffed a pen in it then dragged it over the dotted line to sign.
“I want a lawyer.”
“Who are you trying to fool, you don’t have the money for that.”
“I refuse to sign my life away like this!”
“Just sign it. Come on. It will feel better once you’ve signed it~”
“If I sign it, I’m going to be reduced to your toy to play with for the rest of my life. I can feel it. This is a shitty deal no matter how I look at it. I want to negotiate better terms.”
“Negotiate? We’re long past the point of negotiations. Sign it, or I’ll make your girlfriends take your place with what I planned for you.”
“Then please do that and let me off the hook. I can tell whatever you have planned for me will be a bad time.”
“Do you have no shame? You’d be willing to sacrifice your girlfriends rather than protect them? What kind of shitty scumbag man are you?”
“Man? Screw man or woman. I believe all are equal. I have no qualms about throwing my girlfriends under the bus at this juncture. They can surely take one for the team.”
“Heheh, truly, the scummiest of scum. It makes it so I especially want to dump this task on you. Now, sign - it~”
“Never!”
“Being difficult is only going to make things hurt more for you~”
The pressure on my neck intensified again and left me light-headed.
“This is child abuse.”
“It’s just some tough love for a misbehaving child.”
“I’ll seriously report you!”
“Oh, but you won’t.”
“What makes you so sure I won’t?”
“If this place shuts down then your girlfriends would be out of a job too. I’m sure that would be a major inconvenience. Also, if you thought you could go around as a valued customer running your mouth however you want without repercussions, what would happen if I take my frustrations out on your girlfriends in your place?”
“You’d really be that petty?” My eyes opened wide.
“Of course. So hurry up and sign the employment contract. The longer you take to sign it, the more conditions I might come up with to add in. Hmm, maybe I’ll add tasks such as massaging my shoulders and feet during your breaks to your job description.”
As soon as she brought that up, I immediately signed the employment contract without hesitation. I absolutely would not suffer such a dreadful addition to my workload.
“What? Awwwww~, why’d you have to go and sign it so quickly? You should have resisted a bit more so I would have had the time to add in the massaging my shoulders and feet clause I just thought of. You’re not cute at all~”
She only released me from her headlock after I’d caved in and signed it.
“Whatever is in it at present can’t possibly be worse than that. If the end result was me signing it anyway, it was best to cut my losses early and accept it. Damn it, I at least wanted to negotiate a pay raise.” I clenched my fist under the table in frustration. My pay would go down a bit now that I had to pay for the mandatory benefit plan the company offered in addition to employment insurance.
“Heheheh, you thought I wouldn’t anticipate that? As if I’d raise your hourly pay so easily.”
“Come on, cut me a break.”
“No way~”
“Haaaaah… can I at least read what’s in the contract now?”
“Nope. You’ll find out later. I won’t give you a copy right now either, that way you can’t ruin the surprise. I’ll only let you see it after a few weeks.”
“Is it at least, for the most part, the same as what all your other employees have signed?”
“Yes. It just has one extra task for you alone added in.”
“Well… if that’s the case, at least I know just about everything else I signed.”
“Alrighty~ interview over~ You can get your ass back out there and work for your beautiful~ Owner.”
Beautiful my ass. I’m not your slave!
“Oh? Did you have any complaints~ for your Owner?”
“No… not at all. You’re such a beauty after all, how could I possibly disagree with your evaluation when it’s a pre-established god-given fact.” My lips twitched uncontrollably as I was forced to say that after I’d signed the contract. I found myself back under the oppression of the Owner’s unreasonable whims and mood swings. My five minutes of freedom to say whatever I wanted to her while giving no shits about the repercussions were up.
“Hehe~ good, good. That’s the good boy I know~ if you get rebellious again, I might have to punish you for being a bad boy~ don’t forget that~”
